Alien vs. Quine, the Vanishing Circuit and Other Tales from the Industry’s Crypt
This talk illustrates the everyday challenges met by embedded security practitioners by five real examples. All the examples were actually encountered while designing, developing or evaluating commercial products.
This note, which is not a refereed research paper, presents the details of one of these five examples. It is intended to help the audience follow that part of our presentation.
KeywordsMemory Cell Alien Species Smart Card Security Practitioner Everyday Challenge
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